HANKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HANKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a compact elementary school in Hankinson, North Dakota, one of the schools within HANKINSON 8. Current enrollment sits at 136 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 212 students per school, that is 36% leaner than typical.

HANKINSON 8 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 244 students; HANKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, HANKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 4% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Richland County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Richland County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $75,432 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HANKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 16 public schools in Richland County (combined enrollment of about 2,416 students).

The closest other public school is HANKINSON HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 134 students in 2018 compared to 136 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 90% across the same window.

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